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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1894-5-10, Page 7[�s mental stations throughout the Pre- OnBREAll Friday night about 11 o'clock. WM,. ..., _. Madden, sou of Mr. S. D. Madden, of the Canadian Oil Co., Sarnia, died from tbe Noteso f What i$ Go 011 all effects of inhaling gases in the refinery 8119 of !1 6NU ►} 111 it here. Thin ie rho second death from tbs Over the oro MINT/REST TO ALL READERS. 'Eery Knight of Labor man on the a6aeset Northern railroad bras been called Put. Mr, .Andrew McFall, miller and grain anexcliant of Bolton, Ont., died on Sa- da.3' ;The strike on the Great. Nothern rail- ;road now extends to all sections of Yate road. The Empress of Germany and her chil- iffran arrived at Potsdam from Abbazia torr *laterday. The Dutch Ministry has resigned, owing to the defeat of the Government at the ;recent elections. There are now about 15,000 men idle in Pennsylvasifa coke region and 48,090 working. O1ie strike at Spring Hill, N. fa, coal ;nines, has been settled, and the mon re- tain e- Gtnr .n to work k to -da . y ' IConstablo'e landscape, " The White Morse," sold on Saturday at Christie's rooms in London for £6,510. Mr. John Hawley, of the Militia Do - vestment, was found dead in bed at his Immo in Ottawa Saturday morning. The Rev. Hugh Pedley, First Baptist 'iohureb, 'Winnipeg, received a very fiat - tering call to a United States church. @as .Americau pensioner Named Hen- ideeek 'Seigman was drowned on Satur- itlay in ,a creek near Plum Coulee, Man. A tramp had both legs taken off -while ,tag to steal a ride on a Canadian Pa - rifle freight train at Wolaley, N. W. T. The :honorary degree of LL. D. will be .WOnlerred on Lord Aberdeen by McGill ;University, Montreal, at convocation to- .Aneast-bound Canadian Pacific Rail - ;way train was derailed at Canmore, ., 031 Saturday, and the engineer in- jured. Fire at the lumber yards of the On- tario & Western Lumber Company, Rat Portage, destroyed $125,000 worth of ;tnmber. The Queen paid her farewell visits in .ii;oburg on Saturday, and left for Lon- iiion by a special train at 7 o'clock in the eeven3.ng. The estate of the late David Dudley 'Field is estimated by the executors at 1400,000, and personal 'property at ,,000. According to a conjugal bulletin issued an Washington almost three-fifths of the .entire population of the United States Ore ,single. The body of an Indian named Alex, Co- ±nogo was found in the river at Trenton on Saturday. Foul play is suspected and tun inquest will be held. A gang of tramps captured a freight ;train on the Montreal and Concord rail - .road in &ew Hampshire yesterday and ;rode ILS far as they pleased. The office of the Spink Mills at Pic- s'Itgring was burglarized on Saturday might, but the thieves got only a few rents. The cafe was blown open. William Gaffney, of Mitchell, Ont., fell Isom the roof of the Brooks Locomotive ?,orbs at Dunkirk, N. Y., yesterday, af- iternoon, and was instantly killed. Prince Carlos Bourbon, Duke of Madrid, ,•°the Bourbon pretender to the_ Spanish throne, was married at Vienna an Satur- elay morning to Princess Marie Berthe 1e Boban. President VanHorne, of tho Canadian '.aeific Railway, and party left Montreal em :Saturday on the annual tour of in- spection, which will take up about three ;Weeks' 'time. The Bavarian Government, with the double view of preventing adulteration ;and bringing profits to the Bavarian Treasury, has opened an extensive drink- ing ;saloon in Munich. eepresentativee of 'trades -unionists ;cruet in Philadelphia on Saturday for the *nrposse of considering a new national iatade organization, to take in all the texisting organizations. There was another trolley car fatality an • Montreal on Saturday. A young lad -diamed Rivet, the son of Mr. Rivet, a ii?heneh-Canadian butcher, was killed by an electric ear on Bleary street. Mr. S. A. Metter, of North Pelham, was eau Saturday offered the unanimous sup- eeort of the P. P. A. in Maack for the Local Legislature. Mr. Metier asked for few days in which to consider the Witter. :ar. John S. Climio, of Chicago, is home, :manmmoned by the serious illness of his !father, Afr. W. R. Climie, editor of the Bow:raanville Sun, who has been stricken ;sritb paralysis, and now lies in a very ;islpless condition. ;No less than thirty-two families of a',rench-Canadians from the New England diftates, .Michigan, and other parts of tem regmbiic, have been sent to Lake St. Jean ,during the past two weeks to take :sap land for settlement. A Philadelphia, despatch says that at tae end of the first week of the great motel miners' strike only one mine is in operation in the district east of the Alle- gbethes, and the miners show no diaposi- tive, to return to work. The religions balance sheets which have ecu prepared for the coming May 'meet- .: s be London show a heavy decrease in stmussinnary donations. The Baptist and Methodist Societies show deficits which ,aggregate about £68,000. Thee largest single paving contract of the ear, namely, tbe asphalting of both ,asides off Queen street from Yonge street to the Don, Toronto, was awarded on 'faturday, to the Constructing & Paving Company, the tender being $72,090. e first • vies -regal State drawing- lADOM since the beginning of Lord Aber- eleen's Governor -Generalship was held on 'Saturday night en the Senate Chamber t Ottawa. In point of spectacular pfendar, it far outshone all previous drawing -rooms. At a convention of the Liberals of Routh Bruce, held at Formosa, on Satur- il>ay, `3!'.lr. O'Connor, M.P.P., was offered fila nomination for the Local Legisla- ture, but refused to accept. Another atexaention will be held on May tenth ;to nominate a candidate. The Bev. Janes Ballantyne, of Knox ' ' 1nrcii South London, has as not yet de - bided to accept a call o linos: Church, ',Ottawa. Ifo is the son of Mr. Thomas 'Vallantyne, speaker of the Ontario Leg- )ielature. The stipend in Ottawa is '1$2,600; in London it is about $1,000. ,atitr. John Dryden, '!Stinistor of Agricul- !tare, gyres renominated by South Ontario aUleertsle for the Local Legislature at a teonv'entlien in Whitby on Saturday. In ;bibs Vetch in reply he expressed the tentlean Of establishing fruit expert - same cause, A young man named Lee was smothered to death a few weeks ago in the same premises. Restoratives were in- effeetual in both cases.. William Dingman, alias "bink," of Toronto, and eight others are under ar- rest at Buffalo, charged with burglary and larceny. The gang wade a busi- ness; of breaking into railway cars on the Lake Shore, Erie & Western, New York & Pennsylvania, and other roads, and reaped a plentiful harvest for a time. Dingman confessed. The difficulty between the members of the Montreal Carpenters' and Joiners' Brotherhood and the bosses, which threatened to culminate in a strike, has been pre etically settled. A new scale of prices, twenty cents an hour, nine hours to constitute a day's work, has been agreed to, and will take effect on May 1st, when it is expected that all shops will be in line. The confession of Francesco Polti, the Italian Anarchist, which led to the ar- rest of Farrara, the " No. 1" of the Anarchists of London, has frustrated the murderous designs of the Anarchists against the detectives of this city who have been working up the cases' against the Anarchist leaders. The latter are panic-stricken ; six of them are known to have fled to the Continent, and two others booked passages from Liverpool yesterday for the United Status. The Postai Savings Bank system, which is already the most popular form of in- vestment in England, was last week !brought to still higher perfection. All accounts are kepi in the central office in London, and withdrawale are possible only after sending notice there. The new arrangement for telegraphic drafts is now so perfeet that depositors in the neighborhood of London can collect their money at the branch post -offices within 40 minutes, or in the most 'distant pants of 'the kingdom within an hour of mak- ing the .demand. The new facilities are 'already leading to a great increase in the amount of deposits. America has been wonderstricken by the great variety of performances of human ostriches, but the palm must bo given to a Londoner, who died this week, a martyr to his profession. An autopsy brought to light a bullet, twenty to thirty pieces of cork, twenty pieces of tin foil, a piece of string eighteen inches long with corks tied to each end and a piece of leather nine inches long with hooks in it. One hook and a pace of tin foil had perforated the intestine's and caused death. The man had been accus- tomed to swallow chains, sovereign purses—coins, pipe stems, newspapers. etc. The jurors' verdict was death from mis- adventure. The movement in Glasgow which started a few weeks ago with the refusal to allow a public exhibition bf certain pictures has 'been in no way checked by the storm of 'ridicule with which it was first received. It is now being urged that a good many improper plays are performed at the local theatres in the course of every year, and the time has arrived to establish some kind of a cen- sorship. These representations having met with little popular aavor, an attack has been made on the running of street cars on Sundays. The City Council was called upon to put a stop to this " dese- cration of the Sabbath," but it declined to interfere, and public indignation meet- ings are now being held. NATUILE'S LO'V'E-MAEING. Birds and insects ldust do Their Prettiest When Courting. The wooing of birds is most refined and graceful. Love tunes their respec- tive pipes, says the Boston Globe, and they seek to captivate their mates by their sweetest notes and most varied warblings. The wood pigeon charms 'the lady love by a aeries of aerial evolutions and a curious flapping of his strong wing feathers, puffing his breast and tenderly cooing. At mating time the plumage of male birds is more 'handsome than at any other period—indeed, Some 'birds assume different colors in the spring. Yellow -hammers charm their mates by displaying their tail feathers in the form of a •fan; starlings chatter in the 'sunshine to show the metallic beauty of their breast leathers, and swallows circle and double in graceful flight be- fore their lady loves. Bright shells, flowers, "feathers and grasses are laid by the bower bird at the entrance of his partner's retreat, and tiny hamming birds woo moat as- siduously, showing elf their lovely hues And engaging in fierce combat with a possible rival, even bringing nectar from choice !towers for the delectation of their fairy brides. Hen birds exhibit all the vagaries of their sex, and pretend to bo indif- ferent to the exertions of their ad- mirers. Frogs have an original way of love- making, and as soon as evening shades fall commence to croak loudly to their mates, sometimes great numbers of them (combining in one namnsical chorus. Courting among insects is often a very elaborate affair. A mate spider will ap- proach a 'female and amuse her for 'some time with his antics. It is said that he twirls around and ,around, crosses his legs, erects his body and exe- cutes a sort of mazy dance to excite her :admiration. She is a very vicious lady, and not always pleased with his lovemaking ; (sometimes he finds himself obliged to ward her off, for Oho has a painful mode of showing her displeasurb, and if she entirely disapproves of his attentions willfall upon him and rend him to pieces. One species of spider is said to have a novel way of making love, the sexes communicating by means of strands of web stretching from ons retreat to another—a sort of telephone, so to Open$. Glow-worms, according to some natur- alists, use their luminaries as lova-sig- nals. The females .of one species seat themselves amongthe grass, while the 'males, attracted by the light, dance at- tendance around them. Concerning fiefies, the sticklebacks oc- casionally resort to harsh treatment, at- tacking the females with open mouths and erected spines. As husbands their /behavior is certainly eccentric, for after the female has deposited hot eggs within .the nest that he has prepared for her her lord and master drives her away and proceeds to hatch thele himself. At the opening of the oentury there were Only 47 traniilatlone of the entire Bible in exlatenee to -day there are 90 entlro trans. letlons, 230 partial ones, and 320 In all ; 600,000, ,000 of the human race now have the dpportnnity of itndying the Bible In regions whloh knew almost nothing of It before the present century began. Archbishop, Cleary is a etibacriber to the :dew, Church of the Good Thief at Port(srnoutb,, Ont., to' the eatent of ten thoteased deflare. • ONTEIO LE ISLA►T LBE. The following bill's were read a third time : Mr. Gibson moved his bill to secure. the prompt punishment of personauilty of personation at elections of the Legis- lative Assembly back to Commititee of. the Whole, in order to insert an amend- ment that the following be added to the 12th Election ofthe bill (section 186 of the Ontario Election Act of 1892) : " And in addition to the penalty of $200, shall bo liable to imprisonment for any period not less than six days or more than six monthe." The amendment carried. Sir Oliver Mowat moved his bill re- s ctin the cbar athe pe call o toh S f 'solicitors; back to Committee of the Whole, for the insertion of an amendment which would provide equal facilities for barristers to become attorneys. He said he had re- ceived many letters requesting that tbie be done. These bills were also read a third time ; To amend the General Road Compan- ies Act—Mr. Wood (Brant.) To incorporate the Hamilton Radial Electric Railway Company—Mr. Awrey. Mr. Barr (Dufferin), moved for a de- tailed statement, for the years 1890 and 1891, of the fees and emoluments of the registrar of deeds for the County of Duf- ferin in connection with his office, with the dates and amounts of rebates for each year paid to the county. Mr. White moved an amendment strik- ing out all the words after the word " that," and substituting therefor "It is essential to a, non-partisan man- agement of the educational affairs of the Province that the department should not be under the control of a political head, and that the office of Minister of Education should be abolished. He said that the principle of managing schools by a political head was a most mischievous one. The interests of the Province and of education demanded that the management of the schools be placed in the hands of a non-partisan director. Up to 1841 that principle had been adopted, but in that year a super- intendent of schools was first appointed, and shortly afterwards Dr. Ryerson was appointed to manage the affairs of the Education Department. Although com- plaints might have been made, he be- lieved that school affairs had been better managed in Dr. Ryerson's time than at any period since. Sir Oliver Mowat replied that it had been found impossible to separate the Ministers or Superintendents of Educa- tion from the arena of active politics, even in the cases of Dr. Ryerson and Mr. Crooks, which were cited by hon. gen- tlemen. There had been . as much bitterness displayed in the days of for- mer Ministers of Education as was now being shown toward hie hon. friend. His (Sir Oliver's) department was for the administration of justice. That did not prevent him taking an active part in and discussing any other questions. Every Minister had a right to defend the general policy of the Government. If the hon. gentleman was as fair to Mr. Ross as he had been to Mr. Crooks there would be no need of these con- tinual discussions on the school question. He thought the incessant attacks upon the Minister of Education had ,more ad- vantages than disadvantages. They had served to keep the school question be- fore the public, and this was one of the greatest advantages to any public department. On a division being taken Mr. White's amendment was defeated by a vote of 46 to 27. The vote was on party lines, Mr. McCallum voting with the Opposi- tion and Mr. McNaughton with the Gov- ernment. Mr. Clancy acid that, speaking in the mildest terms, partisanship could be traced in the whole management of the Education Department. If the depart- ment had been in charge of a non-parti- san chief there would have been no need of the Government defending it so often. THACKERAY AND JOHN BRIGHT. One day Mr. Bright was passing through the hall of the Reform Club. There he met Thackeray. The novelist stepped back, took off his hat, and stood with it in his outstretched hand. " What is that for ?" said Mr. Bright. " Why do you hold your hat like that ?" Be- cause I see the most consistent politician I know going by," said Thackeray, "and I take off my hat to him."—Macmillan's Magazine. THE FAD FOR LONG HAIR. " It's the fashion for men to wear the hair long at present," remarked a fash- ionable barber to -day. "Hard times have nothing to do with it, as the tendency to let the locks grow down around the neck was first observed among my wealthiest customers."—Bostou Grebe. THE BLASPBERRY. Flat peas and " blaspberries " are the two latest gastronomic novelties in Cal- ifornia. The blaspberry is said to have " the shape of a blackberry, the color of a raspberry and a combination of the flavors of both." A NEGLECTFUL' 'CITIEZN. South American Wife (early morning) —Hark I Hear the cannon and the rattle of musketry, the clash of swords and the yells 1 Listen 1 Husband—Meo Gracia! This mast be election day, and I 'forgot to register. IN RECOGNITION OF THE SABBATH. On Sundays the penny -in -the -slot cigar- ette machines, of London, will receive and keep the pennies, but will not give any cigarettes in return. He (shyly)—May T say how beautiful you look to -night ? She (haughtily)—Do yon think tbat you can find words to express your thought ? At an eating match a Georgia negro /succeeded in disposing of two pounds of cheese, two dozen eggs, eight boxes of sardines, two pounds of crackers, one box of salmon and three bottles of pep- per sauce, Tken the bystanders "stopped the match for fear of fatal results, Maarten Maartens, the Dutch writer, whose real name is J. M. M. van der Poorten Schwartz, visits England every year, and usually stays with Mr. George Bentley, the head of the well-known publishing house, who lives at Upton Park, Slough, only a short distance from Windsor. The paper on which lettere to Queen Victoria are written must not be folded, No communications which bears evidence of 11a0Ving been creased will ever find its way into Her Majesty's hands. The proper .method is to write onthick, glossy white paper and,to despatch the missive in an envelope which fits it. Carlyle, just as he believed in the (strong man, believed also in the strong word ; it was absolutely impossible that he shotild speak etcept in superlatives of praise or blame., HIS criticisms upon men and women, upon social movements and politieal changes; were therefore steeped iii the strong Colors that bad become bgbituall to him. FACT AND FANCY. Ignorance never 'settles a question.— Beaconsfield, Fame—'Oliteness to newspaper men.-- Joeeph Cook. A true poet is what his poetry is. Gen- ius speaks through what"it creates.— Atlantic Monthly. Fell luxury : More perilous to youth than Storms or quicksands, poverty or chains.•—Hannah More. Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure which is useful to them to praise which deceives them.—Rophe- foucaulde. You warner( regard men just as yon buy books; you never care what is in them, but how they are bound and let- tered.—Bulwer Lytton. Now the advanced women want chil- dren to give up fairy tales. Good heavens, why not give up the children and be done with it ? To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feel- ing for the beautiful, an appreciation of the noble and a sense o2 the profound. --Bovee. A journalist is a grumbler, a cen- surer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more "to be feared than a thousand bayonets.—Napoleon. In England g the euecessfui lawyer makes from $75,000 to $100,000 a ,year, and the successful physician $80,000 to $100,- 000 ; the average barrister and medi- cal man, however, does not make more than $1,200 a year. The monument for which Audubon, the naturalist, waited 50 years, after hav- ing been duly set up in Trinity Ceme- tery, has lain flat all Winter on a rade wooden block. It was discovered last autumn that one of the blocks of the pedestal was defective and the monu- ment was taken down to await a sound foundation stone. I have never found that people who deny the physical basis of mind have any intelligible anggeetion to oiler in its place. Thought, as a sort of va- pory exhalation of something, is to me quite unthinkable. Instead of wading in amorass of speculation, I prefer to travel the firm road of fact as far as 'I can go, and so I reach the conception of thought as a movement of molecules. Beyond that is the unknown, and, I dare say, the unknowable.—J. F. Nisbet. Carpet tacks are consumed at the rate of 50,000,000 a day. 01d age is at our heels, and youth returns no more.—Cowper. The Gannon in use in the world's armies have Dost taxpayers $40,000,000. A beetle can draw twenty times its own weight. So Dan a mustard plaster. England commands the gateways of many seas and most of the great gulfs of the world. English-speaking people rule a third of the earth and over 400,000,000 of its inhab- itants. Johnny—Pa, did you know ma before you were married ? Pa (with a sigh)—I thought I did,Johnty. There has been an increase of 90,000,000 in the Anglo-Saxon race within the mem- ory of living man. A section of a California tree sent to the British museum is 1330 years old, .ac- cording to its rings. At each moment of its duration, humanity is made up of more dead men than living ones.—Auguste Comte. Truth is a better watchword than Free- dom ; but there is a better one still, which is Justice.—A. P. Stanley. All true work is sacred ; in all true work, were it but true hand labor, there is some- thing ..of divl'neaese.—Carlyle. Of the twenty-six barons who signed the Magna Charta three wrote their names and twenty-three made their marks. The nee of wire has , been traced as far back as the year 1700 B. C., this wire being beaten out with a hammer, not drawn. Not a Hay passee over the earth but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows. -- Charles Reade. Liverpool has just extended its bound- aries, taking in several suburban districts, and is now the second largest city In the British empire. On the 30th ult. A. Duncan, riveter, Par. tick, Scotland, stole a coat and vest to get married in. and was arrested while danc- ing with his bride after the ceremony. $ind looks, kind words, kind acts and warm. handshakes—these are the secondary means of grace when men are In trouble and are fighting their unseen battles.—Dr. John Hall. Gayety ,and a light heart, in ail virtue and decorum, are the best medicine for the young, or rather for all. Solitude and mel- ancholy are poison they are deadly to all. and above all to the young.—Talfourd. Lake Titiaaoa,the highest navigable water in the world, 13,000 feet above Baa level, has bad a steamship of 500 tons launohed upon it. The vessel was built on the Clyde, and the transportation involved many dif- ficulties. The debt habit is the twin brother of poverty.—T. T. Munger. Learning is the dictionary, but sense is the grammar of soience.—Sterne. Wedlock's like wine, not properly judged of till the second glace.—Jerrold. In business three things are necessary —knowledge, ,temper and time.—Feltham. It is computed that more than 200,000 books have been written about the bible. Manners are not idle, but the fruit of loyal nature and of noble mind.—Tenny- Son. A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.—Addison. He who bridle* the fury of the billows knows aloe how to put a stop to the secret plane of the wicked.—Racine. There are now seventy-four survivor. of the famous Balaolava charge, so far as the British army authorities have trace. When a woman says to her husband : " You know I ,haven't a bit of jealousy In my nature. but I should like to know," eito., look out for storms. A ton of pure gold is worth $602,799.21, and a ton of pure silver $37,704.84. A million dollars in gold coin weighs about a ton and three-quarters. The first habitable planet, according to the soientlets, was the fifth satellite of Saturn, which began to mai about 5,000 years after the origin of the planetary sys- tem. The Electrical Review truthfully 're- marked " The loudest talkers against the value of advertising are the most covert and assiduous in their efforts to get it for nothing." An orgaaiist says that a Dow moos in a perfect fifth octave, or tenth ; a dog parks in fifth or fourth ; a donkey brays in a .per- feet octave. inul a horse neighs in a des- cent on the chromatic; scale. " For who knows most, his loos of time moot grieves."—Dante. The sots of this life are the destiny of the nest.—Eastern proverb. Everyone in the world is engaged in throwing the blame on someone else. No fountain ie so small but that heaven may be imaged in its bosom:—Hawthorne. Great Britain's ware for the last 300 year. have Dost the taxpayers nearly, 000,000,000. He that worries himself with the dread of po.sible oontingenaleb will never be at rest,—$ohndon. The .entire' ohurea membership of the United States is put by the 0endus etatle- 5101 at 20,643,000. One-fifth of all deaths/ is due to pulmoti. dry diseases'. Most of the death. frond man - Ger occur In R.uesfa,Norway and &witzerland.. Mug Osoar, of Sweden, has composed an ode to the memory et Gogpod wbioh bee exulted favorable critiolsm among mu/d- olma. I like to detect fctolligenoe. In men ; I don t like to Lind it In women. 'Their mis- sion in life Is to be beautiful—that's ell,— Oseer Wilde. s` Ah t don't think I flirt, Maud.. Wby, you're right next any }mart now," " That so ? I knew something was giving me a cold."—Salle. The Khedive of Egypt Is having en en- 7oyabie pionio in the Great Desert, eccom parried by fifty mernbera of his body guard. He travels only by moonlight. Irish or .Erse Is a distinct language, akin to the Gaelic of Scotland, and belongs to the group called Coltio languages by the philologists, which includes also the Welsh and the speeeb of ancient Britain and Gaul, BETWEEN -MEAL SNACKS. Here's a Chapter for Mothers With Growing Children. Hew to eillYawnfnss ebasms--Eatables and Drinkxbles for the Hungry Boy leho Perhaps Can spell "Dyspepsia" but Doesn't know Is,. planning. Hygienic teachers may, inveigh against the custom of eating between meals, but the custom continues. n muss, • As longas chil- dren are not born with improed dietary notions they will clamor for something to eat at all sorts of impossible times, and the best their long-suffering mothers can do is to make that something as digestible as possible. CREAM SCONES. One of the very nicest of small " eat- ables " for such purposes are cream scones. They are easily, and quickly made. A small jugful of sour or clotted cream requires a little carbonate of soda stirred into it, then to be mixed sufficient floor to make a soft dough. A pinch of salt should be put with the flour. Roll out lightly to the thickness of an "inch, cut into small triangles, lay on a greased baking sheet end bake in a brisk oven for ten minutes ; let thein then be split opensand buttered, if re- quired, at once, or they may be kept to the second day, Being so light and not sweet, these are universal favorites. CRULLERS. " Crullers " are convenient for keeping "on hand." Beat together a quarter of a pound of butter and the same quantity of powdered sugar, next add four well - whisked eggs, the juice of half a lemon, and half a teaspoonful of soda, dis- solved in water, and flour enough to roll out stiff. Roll into a thin sheet, stamp out into fancy shapes and drop each one into a quantity of boiling lard. Have all cut out before beginning to fry any. They should puff out con- siderably, and when of a fine yellow and firm, they are done, Drain on blotting paper, and when quite cold, pack in a close tin. GINGERBREAD LOAF. A " gingerbread loaf " is another ex- cellent thing to keep ready for these occasional requirements. A quarter of a pound of butter slightly melted, a small teacupful of syrup, a teaspoonful of powdered ginger and the same of mixed spice, a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda stirred into a cupful of sour or buttermilk, a pinch of salt, and flour enough to make a stiff batter, Beat well together and bake in a buttered cake tin for at least 80 minutes. A few stoned raisins or finely cut candied peel may be added to give variety. WHEATLETS AND SANDWIClaES. When the oven has attained its great- est heat, while other cooking is in pro- gress, a supply of "wheatlete'' might be Horde, which, if eaten with syrup, but- ter, marmalade or jam, are both nour- ishing and highly agreeable. Make a pint of milk boiling hot, and stir into it a very small lump of butter and pinch of salt ; then pour it on to enough wheat meal to make a soft dough, Flour a board well and roll out the dough to a quarter of an inch in thickness ; lay upon a hot buttered tin and baker a few min- utes only. Expedition and great heat are essential for these, otherwise, instead of being light as puffs, they will be flat and tough. Cucumber sandwiches, sandwiches filled with grated cheese, finely chopped spring onions or chopped water cress are very, nourishing and dainty little " snacks." REFRESHING DRINKS. A drink which shall be both refresh- ing and strength -giving is very desira- ble for such times. The following is one : The yolk of an egg well beaten, a tea- spoonful of powdered sugar, the juice of half a lemon and a tumblerful of seltzer water. Milk punch is an excellent restorative. 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In vials at 23 cents; five for $1, Sold everywhere, or sent by mail- Cam 11t1D10INN 00., lTew York. Sma11 E11, Small Dose, amia1l iks: MY SWEETHEART. Her height ? Perhaps you'd deem her tall— To be exact, just five feet seven ; Her arching feet are not too small ; Her gleaming eyes are bits of heaven. Slim are her hands. yet not too wee— I could not fancy useless zingers • Her hands are all that hands should be, And own a touch whose memory lingers. The hue that lights her oval cheeks Recalls the pink that tints a cherry ; Upon her chin a dimple speaks A disposition blithe and merry. Her laughter ripples like a brook ; Its Bound a heart of stone would eaten; Though sweetness shines in every look Her laugh in never loud nor often. - Though gulden locks have won renown With bards I never heed tush raving,; The girl I love hath locks of brown, Not tightly curled, but Gently waving. Her mouth ? Perhaps you'd term it large— Is firmly molded. full and curving ; Her quiet lips are Cupid's charge, But in the cause of truth unswerving. Though little of her neck is seen, That little is both smooth and sightly ; And fair as marble in its sheen, Above her bodice gleaming whitely. Her nose is just tho proper size, Without a trace of upward turning, Her shell-like ears are wee and wise, The tongue of scandal ever spurning. In mirth and woe her voice is low, Her calm demeanor never fluttered ; Her every accent seems to go Straight to one's heart as soon as uttered. She ne'er coquets as others do ; Her tender heart would never lot her. Where does she dwell ? I would I knew 1 As yet, alas 1 I've never met her. SHE COULDN'T AND SHE WOULDN'T. Shecould sing and she could play, She could dance from night to day, She could while the hours away, So 'tie said ; She could skate and she could paint, She could play the patron saint, But she couldn't and she wouldn't Make a bed. She could walk eight miles a day, And play tennis charmingly, Flirting in a saucy way, Little scamp She could drive and play baseball, She could make a stylish call, But she couldn't and she wouldn't Clean a lamp. She could swim and she could row And could always have a beau, And I'mn sure we all do know That she was shy. She could laugh and she could prance, She could play a game of chance. But she couldn't and she wouldn't Mako a pie. She could etch and write a book, She could vanquish with a look, She could win by hook or crook, I confess ; She could scold and she could flout. She could cry and she c• aid pout, But she couldn't and she wouldn't Make a dress. She could talk of church affairs, But knew nought of household caret, Still I'm sure that none compares With sweet Nan ; Even If she couldn't bake Bread and pies and angel cake She enraptured and she captured A rich man 1 WHERE SHAKESPEARE POACHED. An untrue report that the Chariecote estate is in the market, says London Truth, has caused the appearance of numerous paragraphs and, articles in the papers, iu all of which Charlecote Park is described as having been the scene of Shakespeare's poaching exploits. The fact is that these "exploits" took place hi another park in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, which also be- longed to the Duey family, which is not now in existence. Men are not made truly religious by, performing certain actions which are, externally good; but men must haeo righteous principles in the first place, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.—Luther. Scotch Customer (to dentist)—Hoot,, mon; five shillin' for wee bit tooth? Na,, na ; ta ither man ower ta road pulled oot two an' broke me jaw, for warn and six- pence. Girl (weeping)—I'm so sorry you have to go on tho road again. It almost breaks my 'Mart. Drummer--I)iln'ti cry, Panty ; I'll manage to pick up an- other .girl somewhere. Lars Kruse, Who was drowned re -1 eently in Denmark, had saved several hundred persons from drowning. Eight Kings had placed decorations en iliil. breast in recognition of his bravery is saving lives, and a monument will be, erected in his memory. Miss'Alice Rothschild 16 ono of the moat enthusiastic women horticulturiste ill( the world. and Nor collection of ro93 alone is valued at £14,000. It is t► remarkable fact that every member of the Rotbscbild 'family dislikes scented flowers, with the exception of resell. Passerby -1 thought you were blind t Mendicant—Wall, boss, time is so bard; and cOrapetition so great that even a blind mass has to keep 'Ms eyes open if he wants to do any business at all, Tho Eritieb steamer Xing Alfred, Gapte Wfahart, from Fernandina, March 16, for Bohoos, which 'went ashore April 5 let. CTlst, South Outer Hebrides, has lsplat tp midallips and the water is increasing her engine room and after -bold.